Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-10
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he IL GIeefui.
yro,a tie Neto Yor6 Times

sono conld insists that it is so, ana
MI S "orId ia supposed to know tning
"a tuo about being rich.
81 vosterday MIR. Gould sat on soia IN
wtrdsor Hotel and tried to MAKE
th the reporter contented. IL Mr.
newt" "It dIdn't succeed that was mere,s
1o~, the reporter happened W ne ns
LoS minded, not tnat NIX wy"
nSiIos0phy was weak-kEee1; uofto,
pnl'.oSStnrr al" uuoth MIR. Gould, "atter
Ate Zoe dnss any man get in this world
a. ncont something to eat ana soneinins
excep. ond somewhere to live z"
10 I Wo"1 conuudrum unanswered oy DIS
hle Mr. Gould answered 1t himseH.
ns ,.T'n noor man ought to be the happl-
49, went on the millionaire.
eSI M hr,ugs cares without compensa-
"Ne"iIH man Gets rich and then he's
ton. Very mistaken ideas existon this
suTle 5'h 90 much promised Mr.. Gould pro-
4 ,od ~ tall in a genial way OF the Joys
cte.e onca no himself knew and now was
700 rich to know any more.
wv ;, he said. II often recur to the
10 WHOM was a boy up in Delaware
"n1ntv. was a pretty happy lao.
Tbara wasn't mucn wear ana Tear In lie
tban. How good it would FEEL just 10 go
nI,, and drive the cattle home from pas
tnre once more! And no" aellcious IL
would be to st0Op down by the olu Gu"
sgain to do the mornings mixing anu
no aonirt stream of her fresh, hot
Lii in between my lips as used to dol
That was nectar. InaCs "nat ka'e an
annette for breakfastW
PtIr Gould's eyes glistened. Boyhood
memories were evidently much to his
taste.
manifest beings alive" he added. lie
nav leave TO 20 out in the buster world,
md no NAV make more money elsewhere
and in other ways, but he'll never be jot
HAMMER anywhere or anyhow-not Jot;
II isn,t in human possibility TO be hap
nier OF course, though, nobody is ever
cnntenteJ. remember how 1t was with
myself. One OF my boy friends was Sam
Dimmick, who lives up at hlngstcn-on-
theHudsOn. His father, Col. Dlmmlck,
was one of the well-to-dO men up In Deia-
ware county in those times, and remem-
her that used to wish and wish and wish
that something would happen that would
enable me 10 get as rich as he was. he
seemed like CrGsus 10 me. Anu IeII
farmW
ME he'd heard about who would have
been lust as happy If Mr. Gould hadn't
left that farm, ana others who were will
ing to see him go back; but this impu-
dent idea was unuttered, and the remin-
jscent millionaire. continuing, told about
one experience that used to attach to his
hobbIe-de.hOy times that was not alto
getheT happy.
"Going to church," he explained, ''con-
tributed this one bit of sadness. We used
to start from home early every Sunday
morning." he said. "and ride over to the
little yellow meeting house where the
country round wOrshiped. At 10 O'CLOCK
the proceedings began. They were real
proceedings, too; l can see the tall old
Elder yet as he doomed up in the pulpit
and went at his sermon. Eleven O'Clock
came, and the elder was just
getting under way; II o'clock arrived.
and ne was only becoming warmed up.
AT 1880 we adjourned. All overs Oh no.
We were only on half hours furlough.
The sermon stopped in the middle to let
US eat the lunches That we had TO bring
along. After the lunch the dominic
plunged ahead unchecked till well on to-
ward evening. How hard those board
benches in the yellow meeting house used
10 get! How very tired even some of the
most pious ones used to growi Often and
often, remember, the elder would come
10 sudden bait, look down despairingly
on his devoted flock and calculate: WAKE
up. wake upl Why, every soul of you is
asleepP That would help for little
While, perhaps, but | tell you it. was
pretty trying sometimes on even the best
folks.
About the only time, think, when |
was real genuinely interested at church
IN those times and under those circum.
Stances was one Sunday when we were
all safely tucked In for the eternal SER
mon Ihere came smash and a crash
against one side of the church, and the
Doards tnere gave way and splinters went
Hyih9- we were listening TO something
ABOUT the wrath to come, and most of us
ior Time rather suspected that il had
really arrived. The trouble was that our
horses, left loosely hitohed outside, had
oecome weary and were entering pro-
tesI against the elders long-windedness
Wy punching their wagon pole straight
through Inc side OF the meeting house. |
ieaily leit under sort of personal obliga-
tloh 10 Inc old horses, and l guess
WASH alone IN the feeling either. Pd
give good deal, | assure YOU, to 20
'nEougD that lively day again."
o., MILK anu churches! Both seemed texts
lur luoilation. Mr.. Gould laughed and
was gleetui. He looked as if he smoke
' wGtn IN every syllable as he remarked:
lhoss OLD days and their experiences
were we're oetter than cash-a good deal
=, lhen once more this magnate, the owner
u ! d score oil railroads, an assortment of
LEGISLATURES, judge or two. and Iuxu.
NJ y. Cnat sort, once more he produced
MS e0nundrum:
,,ot AFTER all what does any man. however
bis h ne may 1e, get in this world except
liveW 'io'ue" anu place 10
y, M n. could cited some OF the distresses
bpain. y" u late. Ppm absolutely out OF
imnnr,S, nc declared (and he heard no
bnsin i,ineht chestnut belly 81 am out of
~, W my own private affairs. pye moth.
lug any more to do with the stock markat
S Sn1 I'm acquiring no new pronerties
r a,tways or anything else. Alithe possin
s ~ y. near TO the contrary is untrue. WIN
s' i. iS, am kept on the drive now from
wiz IN the morning till late at night.
~. out any let up, day in and day ont
Wiz 99ney i've made has enslayed me.
me- financial success cares and re-
rIoen i .ple and trials unnumbered 20
tho toSether, and there's no escaDIn0
r,ob eIoarrassments and troubles a
uroI,r I"n ought TO be Judged pretty gen.
IaOS ~ lie mas good deal more To con.
ro,'1 Win than people who aren't rich
suppose. i'on
:, tnlnk could find a citizan a.. ,,.
say m1u De willing to relieve you" suc.
sesled the reporter '' '"S-